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TWXmetAf !CWW( COCWTT * The Barnwell People-Sentinel CMMHdmUi Jum 1, 193ft. 'Juat Lika a Mam bar of tha Family 1 VOLUME L1V. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1930. NUMBER 9_ Pay Debts and Buy Now, Says Governor Richards Supports Campaign to Place Money fat Circulation as Start Toward Prosperity. “Pay your debts with cash and then use your surplus cash for sane, con structive works,” Governor Richards said yesterday in advising people of South Carolina to turn their eyes to ward business prosperity and to lend their efforts to bring about that prosperity in the near future. “Debts already incurred,” he said, 4 *should be paid immediately. Doing this is more important than addi tional buying. If everybody in South Carolina would settle their open accounts with the grocer, the baker, the stores, the salesmen and the banks, a decided upturn in business would result. “I am very much interested and proud of the efforts of Phillip H. Cadsden, a former. South Carolina man, to stir up up cash and put it into circulation. I am in' favor of the movement and I am glad to add my voice to it, emphasizing the point to settle present obligations and then go ahead with liberating surplus cash in conservative spending and buying.” The governor was referring to the “buy now for cash” campaign in stituted in Philadelphia by the cham ber of commerce of which Mr. Gads den is president. As Mr. Gadsden and the other men who have com mented on the campaign, the governor feels that unemployment and financial depression will be dissipated by a successful culmination of the move ment. V. “The ideas advanced by Mr. Gads den for Pennsylvania are commenda ble and with modifications to suit local conditions, would be applicable to South Carolina^ “I want to warn, however, against extravagant and unwise spending. Just because you have money^4n the bank is no reason for you spending it freely and without thought for to morrow. Judiciously expended funds are essential but wasted money does no good.” The “buy now for cash” movement is in line with several others support ed by the governor recently. A short time ago he issued a proclama tion for the Lions club on better busi ness. Early in the fall he urged imme ‘diate highway construction work as a part of a plan to relieve unemploy ment and to place in circulation ready money. Later President Hoover and other governors made similar state ments. “This new movement is slightly different but it ha s the same princi ple,” the governor said.—The State. Local and Personal / News of Blackville Blackville, Oct. 25.—Last Thursday Mrs. Lawrence Groves was hostess to the Thursday Bridge club. Mrs. Joe Golding, of New York, was an out-of- town guest. Monday afternoon Mrs.G. P. Posey entertained four tables of bridge. Mis s Dorothy Wragg, bride-elect, was I an hohor guest. 4 I Tuesday afternoons ,Mrs. Harold Crum was hostess to the Joseph Ro ger chapter, D. A. R. Mrs. T. 0. Bo land, as entertainer, had charge of a contest in which Mrs. S. H. Still and Mrs. R. B. Pickling won prizes. A bridge tournament was conduct ed by the Blackville chapter of Win- throp Daughters on Wednesday after noon at the home of Mrs. A. B. Hair. Thirteen tables were in progress with members of the chapter as hostesses. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Boylston had as their guests thi 8 week their sons, Bridges and Demont Boylston, of Greenville, and their daughter, Mrs. Byron Kluttz, of Greer. Mrs. Demont Boylston and Mr. Kluttz were also guests. Miss Dolly Holstein, of Batesburg, wa s the guest last week of her bister, Miss Helen Holstein. During the week Misses Kathryn Matthews and Jenice Brown were guests of Miss Holstein in Batesburg. Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Epp s and Miss Blanche Matthews attended the “Pas sion Play” in Columbia this week. Mrs. Bon Boylston and Misg Marie Boylston attended the same play in "Augusta last week. Mrs. Nellie Cave, of Barnwell, spent last week-end with her sister, Mrs. J. L. Buist. Friday afternoon of last week Mrs. Henry Still and Miss Eugenia Still were hostesses to forty guests. Four rooms were thrown en suite and were decorated in red, lavender and pink dahlias. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Posey and Mrs. S. B. Rush spent last week-end in St. Matthews a s guests of their par ents, Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Bruce. School Improvement Association. AUDITOR W. H. MANNING BUYS W. H. DUNCAN PLACE W. H. r ‘Manning, county auditor, ha s purchased the W. H. Duncan property, just outside of the incorporate limits of Barnwell on the Ellenton highway, from Mrs. Ida B. Duncan and will probably move into his new home with in the^next three or four weeks. This is an ideal country place. Since mov ing to this city from Williston a few weeks ago, Mr. Manning and his fam ily have been occupying the Episcopal rectory. Great Suffering Reported. President Hoover wag told Mondag lat human suffering was appearing n the large industrial centers where le hands of willing workmen were le in the unemployment crisis. Af- r a country-wide study of the situa- on, Allen Burns, executive director the National Association of Corn- unity Chest 8 and Councils, reported i the chief executive that steps were ‘ing taken to prevent anyone freez- g or starving during the rigorous inter months. On Tuesday afternoon the School Improvement association held a meet- j ing at the school building, at which time officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Miss Virginia Hutto; 1st vice-presi dent, Mrs. H. L. O’Bannon; 2nd vice- president, Miss Frances Lemon; treasurer, Mrs. W. W. Carter; secre tary, Mrs. R. S. Dicks; publicity chair man, Mrs.. Terry Richardson. A program committee was appoint ed for the year composed of six mem bers: Mrs. Ira Fales, Mrs. Louise Bauer, Miss Blanche Ellis, Mrs. J. M. Brodie, Mrs. Martin C. Best and Mrs. Solomon Blatt. A suggestion was made that the town be divided into four divisions with a captain for each, whose duty will be to increase the attendance and inspire interest in the associa tion by getting her particular sec tion to attend the meetings. A friend ly rivalry will thus be established in the different sections of the town, by which it i s hoped interest in the as sociation will be inspired whereby this organization will be a live one and its meetings will be attended with pleasure instead of only from a sense of duty. Motion was made and carried that the School Improvement Association serve the lunch for the teachers’ meet ing which will be held here on No vember 22nd. Mrs. O’Bannon was appointed chairman of this com mittee. The next meeting of the association will be at the school building on Tues day following the thira Sunday in November. Bara well ▼». Ehrhardt. The strong Ehrhardt high football team will furnish tha opposition for thp bora Friday afternoon and Gaarh W, R. Pnca % working hi* hays hard in aaliripaUoo of this roa- toiL whark |ni>— la ha a rani gaoss Tha Ramwaft hays nra ihatr ft la 9 ftadhai aft the hondb af R4f**a*d laai n*«ft sad ‘mb s grand To Rebuild Ice Plant Here in Near Future Brick Building Will Replace Frame ♦- “ • ‘V "■-% - *■. ^ ' • .V .. 1 Structure Destroyed by Fire Several Weeks Ago. Local Bar Endorses Judge J. H. Johnson A brick biulding, equipped with the ’ most modeiti machinery for the faianufacture of ice will replace the old plant of the Mutual Ice and Fuel Company in Barnwell, according to an announcement by H. -J. Phillips, local manager. The company’s old plant, which was housed in a frame structure, wa 8 destroyed by fire of unknown origin several weeks ago. The new plant will be built on the site of the old one, according to Mr. Phillips. Since the destruction of the plant, local ice consumers have been supplied with ice trucked here from the com pany’s plant in Denmark and an ice house was maintained on the lot op- !>osite The People-Sentinel office. A shipment of brick for the new buldfng has already been received here, Mr. Phillips says, and actual work of construction will start at an early date. Allendale Jurist, Native of Barnwell County, ^Receives Backing of Lawyers. ’Damn The Newspapers.’ Ginnings Ahead of 1929. More cotton has already been gin ned in Barnwell County tpian was produced last year. According to a report made public this week by P. A.! Baxley, of Blackville, special agent, there were 17,928 bales ginned in this sort ion prior to October 19th as compared with 13,829 hales to the ‘ seme date a year ago, aa increase of sheet ftO per cent. T. A. Gramm, af Daahertoa. it a asae wh* aarsr 4ms thesgi by femNan Oaa ftaty lam wash ha called aft The Mm-- «4* * fmeft hm eef. ■■R ftft i " “Damn the Newspapers,” accord ing to Robert Quillen of the Fountain Inn Tribune invariably means “They told on me.” Mr. Quillen despite his threat last week to print a “Taffy Edition” of his unique newspaper, proceeds to tell something more about newspapers and newspaper folks in general, and his own paper in particu lar. i “So long as a newspaper confines itself to printing news and offers no editorial opinion” he says, “nobody has a right to kick. It is merely doing its duty—doing the job for which it is paid—as a dentist does, or a doctor or a lawyer, or blacksmith. If it didn’t print the news, it would be ob taining money under false pretense. When it ventures to express opin ions, however, it lay s itself open to attack and must be prepared to take the consequences. If for example, a newspaper confines itself to the words, “Cole Blease was defeated,” if merely prints a fact to which its readers are entitled, and Mr. Blease has no cause for complaint. But if it says,«“Cole Blease was defeated, as he should have been and we’re darned glad of it,” then it ventures beyond the realm of new s and Mr. Blease is privileged to lick the editor if he feels that way about it and is capable of doing it. In printing local news of any importance, I am careful to avoid any bias. When I wish to express an opinion, I do it in a paragraph that i s frankly and obviously editorial. I never twist the facts because of pre judice, and I’ll bet that an outsider, reading a Tribune report of a fight, couldn’t tell which side I sympathized with—if either. As a matter of fact, I usually am like the old man whose wife wa s fighting a bear. I don’t care a darn which one licks so I^ret to see the fight. The fact that I report an event doesn’t mean that I have any personal interest in it. I am not ‘agin’ a man ju§t because I report his theft of a ham. I am a newspaper publisher. And I do not print items that are not legitimate news. If you give your wife a mild beating and nothing further happens, I feel con strained to tell the Tribune readers what happened. I don’t tell because I dislike you. I may have thought your wife needed 'beating. I report the incident solely because it is news, and I am not a partisan. Please get that straight. I’m tired of having people think I am an enemy merely because I report incidents not to their credit. It isn’t my fault if you shoot your neighbor’s dog or burn his barn. If you get licked in a fight and I print the fact, it isn’t be cause I favor the other fellow. I may wish you had licked him. Of course none of us like to have our faults and weaknesses exposed, and that’ 8 the reaaon any printed report of miideedi seems a criticism even when it is wholy free of opinion. But * newspaper simply must tell about things that happen and the only way I can sogest to keep from having unpleasant things said about you if la bahave y sursslf."—Aadee- saa Daily Mail Mta Chrwum Bsmsa. af EhfWadL as* lists Dusudhf ftsmftetv «f wodk ha*« ssaupuod fsm imp t* At a special meeting of the Barn well Bar Association here Saturday, Judge J. Henry Johnson, of Allendale, was unanimously endorsed for a place on the Supreme Court bench made vacant by the death of Chief Justice R. C. Watts. Judge Johnson is a native of Barnwell County, having been bom at Williston. He was grad uated from The Citadel at an early age and received his law degree at the University df South Carolina. After practicing hi 8 profession for several years, he was elected State Senator from Barnwell County and later from Allendale County follow ing its formation. He was elected to the Circuit Coqrt hence several years ago and has made a most enviable reputation in that capacity, being generally recognized as a most able and learned jurist. Hi s many Barnwell friends will; watch the outcome of the election with much interest. THREE REINDICTED FOR WILLIS MURDER Greenville, Oct. 27.—For the second time three men today were indicted for the murder of Sheriff Sam IJ). Willis, of Greenville Couhty, who was ehot down at his garage here the ntght of June 11, 1927. The bills of indictment returned by by a grand jury charged Carlos Rector, former sheriff; Harmon Moore, a former deputy sheriff, and Blair Rook, negro, with the murder. At a previous trial the case against the three men on the same charges was halted on the grounds of a false indictment. Arrest of the former officers fol lowed a written confession by Rook that he killed Sheriff Willis and was paid to do it by Rector and Moore. He made the statement in August, 1929, and has been held in the county jail since. After Willis’ death his widow and a deputy sheriff, Henry Townsend, were charged with Miis murder but were acquitted. ^ The three men under indictment are expected to be arraigned for trial here tomorrow ' in general sessions court, now under way. The “Willis case,” as it has come to be known, ha 8 attracted wide spread attention, partly because other officers were charged with the slaying. . Ashleigh News. Ashleigh, Oct. 27.—A dinner was given Sunday at the home of Mrs. H. Morris by her children in celebra tion of her 54th birthday. Among those present* were Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hair and son, of Olar; Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Dyches and children, of Olar; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dyches and children, of Springfiel i; Mr and Mrs. Henry Main and children, of Olar. The occasion wa s greatly en joyed. The many friends of Mrs. M. A. Owens will be glad to know that she has returned from the Columbia hos pital and is convalescing at her home. The friends of little Helen Wilson will learn with pleasure that she re turned from the Columbia hospital Wednesday and is now steadily recov ering from an attack of diphtheria. Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Ross and little son, D. I., Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dyches and baby, Ruth, motored to Columbia Thursday to attend the State fair. A number of young people from this section attended the circus in Barnwell last night. Angus Ross spent a few days last week in Columbia with his daughter, Mrs. A. E. Hartin, and while there attended the State fair. and Personal News from Williston Williston, Oct. 26.—Hon. and Mrs. Butler B. Hare and little son, of Saluda, attended services at the Bap tist church here^ Sunday and were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hair spent Sun day in Columbia, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grubbs. Miss Julia'Lott, of the Wilhenford Training. School, of Augusta, spent Sunday afternoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Lott. Mrs. R. A. Gyles and Mrs. Risher were visitors in Williston Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Phil Harris and children, of Spartanburg, are visiting her parents, Dr.* and Mrs. W. C. Smith. Mrs. Estelle Patterson spent the. past week-end with her daughter, Mrs. James A. Kennedy. Rev. and Mrs. S. T. Harvin spent Tuesday in Walterboro, the guest of Mrs. Harvin’s mother. Misses Edith and Mildred Bell, Wil liam McKerley and Mrs. E. F. Birt and Mrs. W. C. Birt, were among those who visited the State Fair in Columbia Thursday. Misses Sibyl Smith and Marian Busbee, of Springfield, were visitors in Williston Tuesday. Rev. Mr. Huggins, pastor of the Williston Methodist Church was a visitor here Wednesday. Mesdames G. R. Hudson, E. G. Fletcher and J. W. Cook, were visi tors in Augusta Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Shealey are recent visitors to Mr. Shealey’s par ents in Ninety Six. Misses Catherine and Elise Birt, of Augusta, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Birt Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Still, of Char leston, were recent visitors of Mr. W. H. Baxley and family. Mr. and Mrs. Loy Bolick and chil dren, of Hickory, N. C., spent the week-end with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Weathers bee. Mrs. J. C. Hair has returned home after a week’s visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Bracey in Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Wise spent Sat urday afternoon ,with the latter’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Eu banks, near Aiken. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. B. McKenzie, of Charleston, announce the birth of a daughter, Sheirley Jean, born Oct. 12th. Mrs. McKenzie is pleasantly remembered in Williston as Mis 8 El- ma Hair, formerly of Augusta, but who has many relatives here' where she often visited^ She is the niece of Mrs. Dosia Hair and J. J. and W. C. Bell. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Merchant, of Columbia, were guests of relatives in this community last Sunday. Revival Services Close. The revival services which have been held in the Barnwell Baptist church closed on Sunday night. Dr. Furman H. Martin preached with great spiritual power, and every ser vice was well attended. He brings just that conception of personal re ligion which the present day condi tions cf life demand. While there were conversions, yet the marked results of the service was the large number of church members who re dedicated themselves to God. The members and pastors of other churches gave their hearty cooperation. Dr. Martin returned to his home in West minster on Monday. R. C. Carroll Dead. Antoaiobik Horn Stolen. I | The Rev. B. G. Morphy of the Barn well Methodist Church, reports that I the horn was stolen from his Essex sodas some time Sunday night. Mr. [ Morphy does not know whether the | horn won re mooed while hm car woe parhad in front ef the Bo pi let Chorrh lor aflor ha droop ■ in hia parage fi * the snght Sheesf E H Djuhns . fthea 9h» gwdir pnrtf seodsoMp Bond df *%trsrmd Mb R. C; (“Bob”) Carroll, for many years a resident of Barnwell, died on Monday night at the State hospital in Columbia, his body being laid rest in that city. Mr. Carroll come to Barnwell as operator for the Western Union Telegraph Company and later held positions with the Home Bank and the Home Furniture Company of thi 8 city. Although he was of a retiring disposition, he won many friends who will learn with regret of his passing. It is under stood that he it survived by one brother. Barnwell Man Found Dead in Bed Saturday Max Bronson, Popular Local Drug- , gat. Succumbed to Heart At tack at Home Here. The many Barnwell friends of Ed ward A. (Max) Bronson, popular local druggist, were shocked and grieved Saturday morning when It was learned that he had succumbed to a heart attack, his death being dis covered when his wife called him for breakfast. Mr. Bronson had been in his apparent good health the day be fore, except that he complained of a slight attack of indigestion Friday night and took a dose of soda before retiring. The family physician fixes the hour of hi 8 death at about six o’clock Saturday morning. “Max” Bronson, as he was 1 familiar ly known, was 40 years of age and was a veteran of the World War, having seen active service in France during that bloody conflict. Some time after the armistice was signed, he returned to Barnwell and operated a drug store. About five gears ago lie married Mis 8 Jessie Joiner, who survives him, together with his mother, Mrs. John I. Bronson; one sister, Mrs. A. R. Wallack, of Clinton, and two brothers, Robert L. Bronson, clerk of court, and Johnnie Bronson, both of this city. Mr. Bronson was of a genial and obliging disposition, and had hundreds of friends who are sad dened by his untimely death. His body was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at four o’clock in the Barn well Episcopal Churchyard, the funer al services being conducted at the church by Bishop Albert S. Thomas, of Charleston, in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing rela tives and* sympathetic frends. Pall bearers were Judge John K. SneUing, James J. Bell, G. M. Greene, B. H. Dyches, W. H. Manning and Horace J. Crouch. The many beautiful flop- erg that covered hlg last resting place attested in some measure the esteem in which Mr. Bronson was held. . — ' Local Ford Agency Has Changed Hands Reported That A. B. Wise, Ford Dealer at Ellenton, Will Auume Msnagement. A. B. Wise, of Elknton, has secured the Ford agency in Barnwell and will assume active management in tha next week or two, according to relia ble information received by the Poopla Sentinel this week. Mr. Wise has the Ford dealer at Ellenton for time and with the experience thus gained should be very successful in this field. It is hoped that be will move his family to Barnwell, when they will receive a cordial welcome. Ford cars and trucks have been sold here since the death of R. S. Dicks more than a year pgo by the Barnwell Motor and Turpentine Co., which was organized by M. B. Hagood and M. C. Diamond, with the former’s son, G. B. Hagcod, a 8 manager. The Utter told a representative of The People-Senti nel Monday that his company would continue to operate their repair de partment for the present and that they also have a few car 8 yet to dispose of. The company is contempUting, he said, taking the agency for another auto mobile, announcement of which will be made in due time. . 1- _ V BISHOP THOMAS AT tbCAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH SUNDAY Bishop Albert S. Thomas, of Charleston, conducted services at the Church of the Holy Apostles Sunday evening and preached a splendid ser mon to quite a Urge congregation. At the conclusion yof^he service, tha Bishop met with members of the Vea* try and completed arrangement* for supplying a rector for this parish. He will not be avaiUMe, however, until June and in the meantime it is hoped to have one service each month con ducted by a rector who will spend the winter, in CharietUm. AdvowOee Dry Bsfmi A astiaasi referendum en prahi btoaa erne advecaftod Monday sight bp Chairman Baeheh ef the Deee crane aeftmaai eemmmaa In a oniMsung a »ls ■W Many Attend the State Pah. A large number ef pie went up do the Stale